3 Steps to Improve Your Fitness Level
How to use walking techniques that are easy and effective to improve your fitness level Walking is the easiest form of exercise that has the ability to improve your active …
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Walking: The Easy and Effective Exercise to Stay Fit
The most convenient way to begin exercise without feeling overwhelmed Walking is a powerful exercise to maintain your overall health. It is a low impact form of exercise that doesn’t …
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Watch Your Weight and Waistline
Obesity is defined as a disease involving the accumulation of excessive fat in the body. An obese person is one who has a BMI greater than 30. Though most people …
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Exercises for Better Sex in your Golden Years
Dr Balaji Gandhi suggests ways to limber up your libido Contrary to popular perception, sex is not just for the young. You can have a healthy, satisfactory sex life at …
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Why You Should Be Drinking More Water
Have you ever thought what would happen if you replaced all drinks with water? You must have been hearing a lot about the negative side effects of sugary drinks, how …
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Exercises for Strengthening Muscles
Effective resistance training can help combat muscle weakness in older adults, writes Dr Balaji Gandhi Dynapaenia, or muscle weakness, is a common condition that affects older adults. It is characterised …
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Everything you need to know about Moringa, the latest health craze
Undeniably a super superfood, Moringa has been bestowed the numero uno position by health freaks Recently Moringa has catapulted to fame owing to its nutrient dense superfood qualities. It seems …
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WHO’s Exercise Guidelines for Seniors
A sedentary lifestyle can cause more harm than you can imagine. WHO released an exercise guideline for seniors to boost physical activity and help change sedentary behaviour The pandemic has …
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Ageing and Disability
December 3 every year is observed as the International Day of Disabled Persons. The theme this year is: “Not All Disabilities Are Visible’. Our concern: more than 46% of older …
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Balance & Stability
Maintaining good physical balance can reduce the chances of falling or tripping up. Dr Balaji Gandhi explains which exercises can help Loss of balance and frequent falling is the one …
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The Never-ending Saga between Fat and the Belly – Part III
Belly fat can be dangerous to your health, however good eating habits can help you gain a healthy body shape. By Vinita Alvares Fernandes Belly fat is indeed most dangerous …
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The Never-ending Saga between Fat and the Belly – Part I
A three-part article that will help create the right awareness you need about fat and the bell By Vinita Alvares Fernandes “I have put on weight” or “look at my …
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Exercises to Improve Bowel Health and Ease Faecal Incontinence
Find yourself reaching for the laxative? There are exercises which can help tackle bowel issues, explains Dr A R Vanitha Senthil It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of …
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Exercises to Boost Heart Health
One of the effective ways to strengthen heart health is to exercise regularly. On the occasion of World Heart Day, let’s take a step towards improving heart health by being …
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Focus on Arthritis at Health Live session with Dr Rajveer Chinoy
A session on arthritis, diet for bone health, debunking myth such as calcium can cause kidney stones and many other concerns related to bones were addressed by Dr Rajveer Chinoy …
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Exercises for Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence can often be cured and controlled with some discipline and drill, writes Dr A R Vanitha Senthil (MPT) Urinary incontinence is when a person leaks urine by accident. …
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Hit the Sack, Cut the Slack
What does fitness have to do with sleep? Dr. Nileena NKM explains Sleep is one of the main pillars of healthy living, and yet highly neglected. The various dimensions of …
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Exercises to Tackle Osteoporosis
With age, bone weakness is something most of us worry about. Dr. Varun Shanbhag lists some exercises that can help Osteoporosis, which literally means ‘porous bone’, is a condition characterized …
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Here’s how to move it
Try Qigong Tai Chi, a traditional system of movement that spruces you up. By Fatema Rajkotwala Feeling tired or drained more than usual lately? Looking at others around you and …
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5 Health Benefits of Honey
Know about the healing powers of honey – an ancient medicine to treat stomach ailments, fever, cold and digestion. Since the Stone Age, humans have reaped health benefits from using …
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Why Seniors need to love their Exercise Time?
If you wish to try a new workout, let your body guide you, writes Yoga trainer Fatema Rajkotwala in the first of a three-part series We are an old culture, …
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Yoga Basics and Pranayam
What is Yoga essentially and what is all the fuss about? Yoga trainer Fatema Rajkotwala explains, in the second of a three-part series It seems to me that everyone knows …
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Exercises to Improve Healing for Seniors
If you’re recovering from an injury, don’t avoid exercising as it can help you get better faster, explains Dr Vidhi Kothari Pipara Older adults are more susceptible to have chronic …
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Are you always Tired?
What causes fatigue and how to fight it. Dr Suresh Agrawal provides answers Fatigue is not a natural consequence of ageing, it’s more related to the changes that occur due …
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Health Benefits of Yoga for Seniors
Yoga is about how you do it and not how much you do it. So, breathe easy and hold on to your pose. Yoga is a way of living, an …
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Exercises to Improve Appetite
Staying confined can lead to loss of desire to eat, at a time when it is even more important to get proper nutrition. Dr Supriya Antarkar Joshi explains how exercises …
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